The Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca is a public institution of culture whose mission is to preserve, research and put forward the real and virtual patrimony of Romanian and universal art. With a collection of over 12,000 paintings, sculptures, graphic arts and decorative pieces, it is considered one of the most important museums in Romania. Founded as an institution in 1951,... Read more »

The museum has its headquarters in an architectural monument of the 19th century – The Petrichevich-Horvath Daniel House (Petrichevich was a patron of the arts and literature) which was built in neoclassic style. The museum has been open to the public since 1937, putting forward one of the largest and most well organized sections of antique history in the country,... Read more »

The beginnings of the Eparchial Museum date from 1924, under the leadership of Bishop Nicolae Ivan, but some halls of the second floor of the Episcopal residence are open to the public only in 1938. In 1975 the museum was rearranged and opened to the public at the second floor of the Orthodox Archiepiscopal Residence of Cluj. The Patrimony of... Read more »

The “Alexandru Borza” Botanical Garden was founded in 1920 by Professor Alexandru Borza and it belongs to the Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca. Its organization is based on the scientific conception regarding the classification of plants and phytogeography, harmoniously combined with the artistic refinement, which offers the Botanical Garden a hint of charm and a special picturesque character. The garden... Read more »

The bridges and their history The legends of the bridges in Cluj are at least as interesting and spectacular as the city itself. Information regarding the bridges over Somes, the antic Samus, built during the Roman era is not of our disposal at present but it is possible that the main bridge of the antic Roman city had been situated... Read more »

The ancient capital of Dacia Porolissensis, Cluj –Napoca was recorded for the first time by the Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy (AD 85 – 165) some two thousands of years ago. It was elevated to municipality during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian (AD 117 – 138) under the name of Municipium Aelium Hadrianum Napoca and later to colony, around AD... Read more »